The answer my friend is that canon cant offer TWO DIFFERENT completely incompatible DSLR systems. no one can today or ever. That is totally different because they have already gone way past commitment with EOS system. Pentax is not in that position with K/M lenses. They dont need to have two different systems, only one can support all PK lenses. Can you agree there is a big distinction there? You keep wanting to call K/M lenses "old" when their age doesnt matter, its compatiblity that matters and K/M lenses are not imcompatible at all with the current pentax SLR/DSLR systems...
jco -----Original Message----- From: Pål Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request) ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The difference is that today CANON bodies and lenses > are much BETTER than they would have been if they had > kept compatiblity with FD lenses. LOOK AT THEIR SALES. That is not the point. If there is such a demand for using 30 year old lenses as you claim, why isn't there any demand for having a DSLR that takes Canon FD lenses (with full functionality)? Nothing prevents Canon from making an FD mount DSLR that takes the 10 - 20 million FD lenses out there. The answer is that there is no such demand and thats why Canon doesn't bother. pål
